MANILA, Philippines — A total of 2,442 individuals were arrested for violating various health protocols — mostly on social distancing — from June 21 to 27, Interior Secretary Eduardo Ao reported on Monday during the taped weekly Palace briefing on the COVID-19 situation.
Of those arrested, 1,556 failed to observed physical distancing, 837 were not wearing face masks, and 39 attended mass gatherings.
Actually, according to Ao, there were 51,012 violators of the face mask rule recorded during the entire week — of whom 29,904 were issued warnings, 16,8778 were fined, 3,493 were asked to do community service, and 837 were arrested.
There were also 598 violators of the ba…
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